ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 Media Exposure Are Amplified in the United States Compared to Italy
- Anthony Mancini
Pace University - Gabriele Prati
University of Bologna - Jennaleigh Iseman
Pace University - Andrea Blumberg
Pace University - Robert Lynch
Pace University - Sarah Soward
Pace University - Nicole Maewsky
Pace University - Giovanni Fardella
Pace University
Abstract
This study examines whether consumption of COVID-19 media predicts general distress and PTSD symptoms across two countries. We sought to replicate the effect in both countries, test COVID-19 worry as a mediator, and to examine whether observed effects showed variation across countries with different media environments.
Stress
